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maverick

英['mævərɪk] 美['mævərɪk]
  • n. 未打烙印的小牛;持不同意见者
  • adj. 标新立异的
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

  2. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

Adjective:
  1. independent in behavior or thought;

    "she led a somewhat irregular private life"
    "maverick politicians"

双语例句

1. Her independence and maverick behaviour precluded any chance of promotion.
她的独立精神和自行其是断送了一切升迁的机会。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You're a maverick and you'll try anything.
你是个爱自行其是的人,样样事情都要尝试一下.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.
他太特立独行,永远不可能做高官。

来自辞典例句

4. Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.
在政治方面, 她有点自行其是.

来自辞典例句

5. Wisconsin's independent, maverick, polyglot nature was firmly established by 1848 , the year it became a state.
威斯康星的独立不羁 、 自行其是 、 多族裔的特性是于1848年它成为一个州时就牢固形成的.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.
      在政治方面,她有点自行其是。
    2. The Republican maverick was disliked and distrusted by too many in the party.
      而在共和党内部,有太多人对这位特立独行者抱以嫌恶和不信任的态度。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Robby was a maverick vice cop, never doing things in legal way.
      华比是个特立独行的黑警察,从不以正当手段行事。
    2. The maverick Republican has been facing some harsh rhetoric from the far-right.
      这个独来独往的共和党人一直面临一些来自党内极右势力的严辞批判。

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